The GEO I bought before the Mini was purchased from a Budget Rent-a-Car Sales lot. Apparently they’re not selling their fleet that way any longer, since there’s no Hawai’i location given at Budget’s website. The same seems to be true of Enterprise; the nearest fleet sale lot is in Redwood City, CA. Hertz sells its used cars locally, but the mileage even on their 2014 models looked like it averaged about 47K, which is a lot. The Geo I bought from Budget in 1998 had 13K on it.
It’s still a good idea, though, since presumably rental cars are maintained better than most privately-owned vehicles.
I’m looking for a hatchback that will take a wheelchair. That means fairly large and fairly low to the ground (which rules out SUVs, and their mileage stinks anyway). So far I’ve looked (online) at Honda Fits, Mazda Versas, Toyota Yarises, Mazda 2s and Ford Fiestas. Budget is around $12k before trade-in. The Kelley Blue Book value of the Mini is between $2400 and $3500. Since it was totaled and salvaged, I suspect I shouldn’t count on more than the low end, if that.
What hatchbacks have I forgotten?
Maybe a Chevy Sonic or Spark, or Mitsubishi Mirage? I googled “hatchback cars” and looked at the pictures, since I don’t know a lot about cars.